It's official. ..my honey holes are no more

[msgdan]

With not being on the river for about 5 weeks, I decided to try a few quick trips to get ready for the pike a thon.

I tried 3 spots in the past 4 nights that would "normally " result in about 10 pike per trip......if I went by results from the past 10 years.
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Zero pike...zero strikes and zero follows. The water looked horrible in every spot. The water level was good and the weed conditions were good....just no fish at all.

I can't explain what happened to the stretches I fished, but it looks like 10 years of finding a few spots that always produced......is dead.

Time to do more exploring and finding new water.

Danny V.

[CabesaRoja]

I've been having trouble finding pike too. Never fished for them until this year but I've floated a solid 6+ miles over my few trips and haven't even had a swipe. That really stinks that all your spots aren't producing. Best of luck searching for new water!

[Chrisper4694]

I actually thought the same thing but trying different lures got some action. Maybe many of the pike have been caught on the same old stuff too many times, idk, something to consider.

[msgdan]

Originally Posted by Chrisper4694

I actually thought the same thing but trying different lures got some action. Maybe many of the pike have been caught on the same old stuff too many times, idk, something to consider.

Believe me, I was thinking the same thing. I had several different lures with me and on the return trip in each spot I tried different lures......and nothing. The water just looks wrong, smells wrong, and is wrong. Even the amount of wildlife in and around the river is dead. I used to see bait fish and sunnies and perch all along the weeds and now, nothing but carp.....and it seems like those numbers are not near what they used to be.

These are spots that in the past few years, I would make 10 casts and have 10 chances with almost all hook ups. It wasn't even a chance of maybe a pike....it was how big.

But....that's fishing. Time to explore !!

Danny V

[justin1982]

I feel you man... I'm glad it's not only me, I haven't even seen a pike in about a month in spots that were always good for a couple and, I agree, the water just looks terrible

[AndyS]

Did you see any dead fish ??